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host: bob is joining us next from pennsylvania. good morning. caller: i spent my career as a systems analyst, and the first thing that i had to do when i took on a new project was to define a problem. i have heard immigration reform, immigration reform over and over again on every network. i never hear a definition of exactly what the problem is. i kn there are a of facets butody takes e me tac a bullet list of the things that we want to try to fix. i don't see what the point of all the discussion is. we are going to end up with some other nonsensical thing like this watered-down gone bill that would not solve any of the problems that really affect us, that cost up million people over the last 40 years to be killed in our country alone. explain to me the list of things that you consider a problem with the way immigration is now. host: let me share with you what senator rubio said early last week in a news conference. here are his comments. >> i would remind you, america is a nation of immigrants, and both republicans and democrats have failed to
host: bob is joining us next from pennsylvania. good morning. caller: i spent my career as a systems analyst, and the first thing that i had to do when i took on a new project was to define a problem. i have heard immigration reform, immigration reform over and over again on every network. i never hear a definition of exactly what the problem is. i kn there are a of facets butody takes e me tac a bullet list of the things that we want to try to fix. i don't see what the point of all the...
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i think all of you know because of bob mueller's service, and the extra years that people passed a law to allow him to serve, there is no more dedicated or capable leader of the f.b.i. and there is nobody more committed to do this. i have confidence in that. i also have confidence in something else. this president of the united states made it clear once before that he would do what was necessary to bring somebody to justice. and i guarantee you he has made it clear yet again that we will find justice here. and the president will do what is necessary. our hope is to work with the libyan government and do this through a process. >> i'll submit further questions for the record, mr. chairman. >> go to william keating of massachusetts. >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you, mr. secretary, for being here. i know that both of us, although we are here, part of us are still back home in massachusetts this morning. getting to the theme of this morning's hearing, your theme of small smart investments is right on point. i couldn't agree with it more. one of those areas that the administration and
i think all of you know because of bob mueller's service, and the extra years that people passed a law to allow him to serve, there is no more dedicated or capable leader of the f.b.i. and there is nobody more committed to do this. i have confidence in that. i also have confidence in something else. this president of the united states made it clear once before that he would do what was necessary to bring somebody to justice. and i guarantee you he has made it clear yet again that we will find...
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our chairman was a former senator bob graham of florida. the chairman of the intelligence committee in the senate. he was the co-chair of the joint senate-house investigation of 9/11. he would tell you he is still ,ery concerned about the fbi had a paid informant that provided housing to two of the individuals involved with a 19 hijaers. ene was running the joint vestigation,kept ting to get information from the fbi. they never allowed that. these were our representatives in congress that were supposed to do the investigation. they were never allowed to interview that individual. i am not here to be an apologist for the fbi. when they do something i think is good luck and sing in boston today, i will give them credit. i still have problems with that. i do not think the fbi was involved in 9/11, but i cannot figure out why when the senate and house do a joint investigation and the fbi prevents them from sinking witness, that bothers me. i think the fbi still has to answer for that. randall larsen is our guest. he is a founding director of th
our chairman was a former senator bob graham of florida. the chairman of the intelligence committee in the senate. he was the co-chair of the joint senate-house investigation of 9/11. he would tell you he is still ,ery concerned about the fbi had a paid informant that provided housing to two of the individuals involved with a 19 hijaers. ene was running the joint vestigation,kept ting to get information from the fbi. they never allowed that. these were our representatives in congress that were...
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host: go ahead, bob. caller: with regard to this faa thing, the president has within his discretion to make sure the public did not suffer. as individual wants to make sure these people understand it is big bet republicans that are responsible for the sequester. that is a bold face lie. this plan was hatched by president obama and jack lew. i am sick and tired of hearing it is the republicans standing in front of this president. this man defines the definition samesanity, doing the thing over and over and over again and expecting a different result. he needs to realize we have in debt andtrillion nearly $1.4 trillion in the current national deficit. until the realizes we cannot tax and spend our way to prosperity, this situation is not going to change. the house and republicans in the senate have put forth proposals that would give the president the flexibility to cut ever he needs to cut and to make sure the public is not inconvenienced. guest: i am not going to litigate the past. that does not inform to
host: go ahead, bob. caller: with regard to this faa thing, the president has within his discretion to make sure the public did not suffer. as individual wants to make sure these people understand it is big bet republicans that are responsible for the sequester. that is a bold face lie. this plan was hatched by president obama and jack lew. i am sick and tired of hearing it is the republicans standing in front of this president. this man defines the definition samesanity, doing the thing over...
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bob menendez has been one of the biggest advocates. about the pathway to citizenship, learn the language, pass the exam, pay a fine, work, have a criminal background check. this is no easy task. [laughter] i'm glad were not applying ourselves. the hope is that america is ready for immigration reform. look at the polling. is congress ready to do something we should have done a long time ago? i believe we are. if you think the border can be better secured, we have an idea to be considered. if you think there is a shortage of legal labor and the current system is too hard to access, we have an idea for you to consider. if you are a union member or an average american word about losing your job because of the cheap labor coming into your country, we have an idea to prevent that. if you are in the shadows and you worry about what is going to happen to you, we have a solution. you have to earn the right to be an american. it is fair and tough, but it will be available. i have got one goal -- when this is all said and done, there'll not be a
bob menendez has been one of the biggest advocates. about the pathway to citizenship, learn the language, pass the exam, pay a fine, work, have a criminal background check. this is no easy task. [laughter] i'm glad were not applying ourselves. the hope is that america is ready for immigration reform. look at the polling. is congress ready to do something we should have done a long time ago? i believe we are. if you think the border can be better secured, we have an idea to be considered. if you...
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bob is joining us next from pennsylvania. good morning. career as aent my systems analyst, and the first thing that i had to do when i took on a new project was to define a problem. immigration reform, immigration reform over and over again on every network. i never hear a definition of exactly what the problem is. i know there are a lot of facets to it, but until somebody takes the time to actually -- give me a bullet list of the things that we want to try to fix. i don't see what the point of all the discussion is. we are going to end up with some other nonsensical thing like this watered-down gone bill that would not solve any of the ,roblems that really affect us that cost up million people over the last 40 years to be killed in our country alone. things to me the list of that you consider a problem with the way immigration is now. host: let me share with you what senator rubio said early last week in a news conference. here are his comments. i would remind you, america is a nation of immigrants, and both republicans and democrats have
bob is joining us next from pennsylvania. good morning. career as aent my systems analyst, and the first thing that i had to do when i took on a new project was to define a problem. immigration reform, immigration reform over and over again on every network. i never hear a definition of exactly what the problem is. i know there are a lot of facets to it, but until somebody takes the time to actually -- give me a bullet list of the things that we want to try to fix. i don't see what the point of...
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bob corker also came out against it. that list has really shrunk on the democratic side. the targets were mary land rue of louisiana who's still looking at the bill. hidey high camp -- hide camp of new mexico who is still looking at the bim and then the two toughest democrat votes, maybe, mark pryor of arkansas who is up for re-election next year, of alaska. aggage toomey went so far as to propose exempting rural residents who don't live within a convenient driving distance of a gun dealer from the expanded background checks proposal. but baggage said yesterday that that is not going to seal the deal for them, for him. >> all right. so, senator jeff flake said, because is he friends, close friends with the former congresswoman, gabrielle giffords, who was on capitol hill yesterday talking to senators, trying to persuade them to vote, and set back came when senator jeff flake posted on his facebook page that he was going to be a no vote. is there an alternative to march and toomey? some were talking about senator tomko burn's language, his amendment. guest: yes. and that i
bob corker also came out against it. that list has really shrunk on the democratic side. the targets were mary land rue of louisiana who's still looking at the bill. hidey high camp -- hide camp of new mexico who is still looking at the bim and then the two toughest democrat votes, maybe, mark pryor of arkansas who is up for re-election next year, of alaska. aggage toomey went so far as to propose exempting rural residents who don't live within a convenient driving distance of a gun dealer from...
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bob, i think we provided a solution worthy of this nation. about the pathway to citizenship. learn the language, pass a civics exam, pay a fine, work, pass a criminal background check. half of my family would be excluded. this is no easy task. >> the hope is the america i know is ready for immigration reform. you look at all the polls. is the congress ready to do something that we should have done a long time ago. i really believe we are. if you think the border can be better secured we have an idea for you to consider. if you think there's a shortage of legal labor and the current estimate is too hard to access, we have an idea for you to consider. if you are a union member or just an average american worried about losing your job because of the cheap labor coming into your country, we have an idea to prevent that. if you're in the staves and you worry about what's going to happen to you, we have a solution. you're going to have to learn the right -- to earn the right to be an american. it's fair, it's tough, but it's going to available. i've gotne goal. en this is all said
bob, i think we provided a solution worthy of this nation. about the pathway to citizenship. learn the language, pass a civics exam, pay a fine, work, pass a criminal background check. half of my family would be excluded. this is no easy task. >> the hope is the america i know is ready for immigration reform. you look at all the polls. is the congress ready to do something that we should have done a long time ago. i really believe we are. if you think the border can be better secured we...
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but looking at some of the things that have gone through the committee in the past from people like bob or his predecessor lamar smith, we can guess there might be a verified bill to extend that unemployment verification program. we might see an agricultural program because that's one of the industries where employers might have trouble filling those positions. they could deal with high skills immigrants. those are the things that we might see from the chairman but he's playing his cards pretty close to the vest right now. host: lake charles, louisiana, democrat. hi. caller: hi. host: go ahead. caller: hello? yes. and an illegal immigrant i've been here 13 years altogether now doing it illegally. i am in h-1. i've been in h-1 for six years now. as you probably know, like thetn an h-1, and i'm really concerned that all that i have doing it legally is just let the system turn me finally into an illegal. it's been so hard. i have not gone anywhere. i know a whole bunch of people who use other ways at the limit of -- you know, unlawfulness who got away and got ahead. you know, so rebecca, w
but looking at some of the things that have gone through the committee in the past from people like bob or his predecessor lamar smith, we can guess there might be a verified bill to extend that unemployment verification program. we might see an agricultural program because that's one of the industries where employers might have trouble filling those positions. they could deal with high skills immigrants. those are the things that we might see from the chairman but he's playing his cards pretty...
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warm welcome to general chuck dempsey,neral accompanied by the department comptroller undersecretary bob hale, for being on the department of defense fiscal year 2014. we welcomet secretary hagel on his first appearance as secretary of defense before the committee. we thank all of our witnesses for their service to our nation and to the soldiers, sailors, and marines at home and in harm's way, we can never say that enough. your st today is a key component of the committee's review of the two dozen 14 budget request for the department of defense. this year's request includes $526.60 billion for the base and $88.50 billion for overseas contingency operations , although, as your testimony notes, the number is simply a place holder figure pending final force level and deployment decisions. the future of the defense budget is in flux due to congress's failure to reduce the deficit by $1.20 to land. the dod funding for 2013 was reduced b sequestration in the amountf $41 billion. unless congress acts, the fiscal year 2014 dod budget will be cut $15 billiononal for 2014 and also the budgets pass
warm welcome to general chuck dempsey,neral accompanied by the department comptroller undersecretary bob hale, for being on the department of defense fiscal year 2014. we welcomet secretary hagel on his first appearance as secretary of defense before the committee. we thank all of our witnesses for their service to our nation and to the soldiers, sailors, and marines at home and in harm's way, we can never say that enough. your st today is a key component of the committee's review of the two...